| 释义 |
northwards, adv. and n.
[Cf. Du. noordwaarts, G. nordwärts.]
Northward.
c894O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 894, Þa woldon [hie] ferian norþweardes ofer Temese in on East Seaxe. 1375Barbour Bruce viii. 406 His wiage northwardis he tais. 1461Paston Lett. I. 540 My Lord Fitzwater is ryden northewards. 1511Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 22 It marcheth..northwardes to the kyngdome of Surrey. 1574W. Bourne Regiment for Sea 31, I doe take the heigth of the Sunne vnto the Northwardes. 1624in Capt. Smith's Wks. (Arb.) 337 The winds so crossed vs [that] wee fell more Northwards. a1700Evelyn Diary (1645) Apr., Minding us of returning Northwards. 1806A. Duncan Nelson 153 It stretched northwards. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid i. 391 Sped to a sheltering haven by winds that have northwards turned. |